The Mist (Blu-ray)
From legendary frightmaster Stephen King and Academy Award nominated director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) comes one of the most tense and terrifying films since The Shining. After a mysterious mist envelops a small New England town, a group of locals trapped in a supermarket must battle a siege of otherworldly creatures... and the fears that threaten to tear them apart. Starring Thomas Jane (The Punisher) and Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River) in one of the year's most talked-about performances, The Mist "is one of the best horror movies ever made. Period." (Maryann Johanson, The Flick Filosopher)
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Great Horror Movie! - Gollum
I had read this story many years ago and enjoyed it then. I had not realized that this had been made into a movie. When I found out Zip had it on Blu-Ray I had to add it to my list. I was not disappointed. The story was interesting and suspenseful. I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Stephen King books or movies and to anyone who enjoys a gory horror movie.The tacked-on ending will have you frustrated. - Superdave
Stephen King's The Mist is so much more than just an action-horror story. Trapped in a supermarket, surrounded by flying and slithering horrors of unknown origin, a community of people who should be working together for mutual survival instead splits into dangerous, internecine factions. Strong personalities assert themselves to achieve dominance whether they are right or not. Flat Earth denialists are willing to risk everything to prove to the group that nothing is actually wrong, when clearly something VERY wrong is going on. A local religious nutcase becomes a charismatic tyrant, exploiting fear to spread her twisted version of the Old Testament. Logic and social accountability go out the window to be replaced by selfishness and power-grabbing. It is human politics and religion in miniature, as well as a glimpse at how close supposedly civilized humanity is to descending into primitivism and savagery that makes Lord of the Flies look like a Victorian tea party. It is to Frank Darabont's credit that his adaptation left alone much of the structure of King's novel, while giving the exercise a nice other-worldly cinematic look. The film is shot in bled-out colors, giving the world within the Mist and the characters themselves a cheerless, hopeless appearance. The monsters themselves are suitably strange and ugly and lethal, and the ensemble cast, which ranges from highly effective (Marcia Gay Harden) to barely adequate (Thomas Jane), manages to successfully impart the appropriate air of menace and hopelessness the situation requires. It should be noted that, while the film follows the progression of the novel reasonably faithfully for most of its length, the revised ending may leave fans of the book irritated. The overall viewing experience is worthwhile, but I would recommend that fans of the book leave right when the novel itself ends.Great Movie... the ending made it better - wwskaf
Sorry buddy (the other reviewer).
We all liked the ending, because it was unexpected.
Enough about the details. The movie is awesome, one of the best adaptation of a Stephen King Horror movie.
This movie is very political, you can say it's more of a social satire than it is a horror movie.
In it, we see how theories as absurd as the "birthers" are born and gain in popularity and credibility.
I also see a parallel with the events of 9/11 (what people do when you scare them enough, and what they will believe if you promise the solution). But i also see parallels with 9/11 in most movies... so it might just be me.
A lot of the elements resemble the warnings we heard last year about CERN's project (the Large Hadron Collider - or LHC if you prefer -).
Scary conicidence since the book was written in 1980, exactly 12 years before the CERN thought of the project. (The only reason i know all of that is because right after the movie i logged onto yahoo news and the LHC was their top story ... another weird coincidence - which by the way is "joincidence with a c" - gotta love Chandler Bing!)
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Great Horror Movie! - Gollum
I had read this story many years ago and enjoyed it then. I had not realized that this had been made into a movie. When I found out Zip had it on Blu-Ray I had to add it to my list. I was not disappointed. The story was interesting and suspenseful. I recommend ...The tacked-on ending will have you frustrated. - Superdave
Stephen King's The Mist is so much more than just an action-horror story. Trapped in a supermarket, surrounded by flying and slithering horrors of unknown origin, a community of people who should be working together for mutual survival instead splits into ...Great Movie... the ending made it better - wwskaf
Sorry buddy (the other reviewer).
We all liked the ending, because it was unexpected.
Enough about the details. The movie is awesome, one of the best adaptation of a Stephen King Horror movie.
This movie is very political, you can say ...